Need to figure out what you actually want from people before hiring them.
Pros
The office had decent coffee, and the tea, was not openly hostile toward each other.
Cons
- The company had no clear definition of what success looked like for any assignment. - Work was repeatedly reassigned midstream, leaving projects unfinished and priorities constantly in conflict. - Meetings were frequent but failed to produce clear deliverables, timelines, or direction. - Strategy shifted depending on who was present, with no stable roadmap or documentation to guide execution. - Vague concepts like alignment and bigger picture thinking were used in place of actual actionable direction. - There was a constant expectation for faster output even when goals and requirements kept changing. - The result was ongoing disruption that made it impossible to complete work in a consistent or meaningful way.
